Top tier Italian library sleazy listening here and much like Rino De Filippi's celebrated MPS label library release Reflessi (which this shares some akin to) Santorio's take on that peak moment when disco, funk and fusion's borders dissolved into a puddle of lubricious and life-giving energies contains within it that wonderfully contradictory and questionable sensation that leaves you unsure as to whether you might want to drop a tab to it or feel compelled to visit the concession stand instead (I can almost picture the 70's animations of dancing hot dogs and candy boxes moving in sync to "Classical Disco"). Across this LP's expanse, you'll find snatches of everything from the studio juiced and clavinet-laden symphonic funk of ex-Curved Air keyboardist Francis Monkman's KPM Library discs and David Matthews' Sandworms to the Yugoslavian iteration of the disco/funk/fusion trifecta heard in the work of Clan, Boomerang or September. Expect slobbering acid guitar rising out of Love Boat string swells, episodes of the sorta jauntily dancing flute-y fusion fromage heard on Art Webb albums and even full blown cosmic disco in the mode of Space Art on the sublime "Space Dialogue".
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I have this, but I haven't listened to it yet. Most Library releases from this period tend to suffer from vastly diminished returns.
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1st track is maybe too reminiscent of Deodato's 'Skyscraper', musically, the rest of the album is niceable: hugely creative and instrumentally likeable. Sort of riflession on pop-disco-funk from its age. Exquisite gem
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Worth the wait. I missed you Mutant Sounds.
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ReplyDeleteTHANK SSO MUCH I WAS WILLING AHEAD BLRNING MY BUTT BECAUSE THI SLINK WAS MISSING AMONG INTENET FOR DECADES
AND "POP SKETCHES 2" BY SANTORIO WAS JUST NEAR "DISCO POP" THAT YOU HAVE POSTED
AND OLD LINK WAS BROKEN AND NOW IS UP
AND IS SOOOOO GOOOOODY AND GRROOOOVY AND THANKS FOR PUTTING UP AGAIN
SOOO GROOOVY FR BURNING A BIG CDR
WITH BOTH MONTPARNASSE 81 AND 115
AND THESE DAYS
SOO GROOOVY FOR A DRINK
AND YIOU ARE GREAT MAN
AND SO BIG WORK ON INTENET
AND WHAT A QUALITY
AND IS MISIING SANTORIO AMONG DOWNLOADABLE LINK
AND YOU ARE DOING A BIG FAVOUR FLAVOUR FOR SUCH OLD STYLISH MUSIC THESE DAYS
thank you
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